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CVE-2017-5401
A crash triggerable by web content in which an "ErrorResult" references unassigned memory due to a logic error. The resulting crash may be…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A crash triggerable by web content in which an "ErrorResult" references unassigned memory due to a logic error. The resulting crash may be exploitable. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52, Firefox ESR < 45.8, Thunderbird < 52, and Thunderbird < 45.8.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mozilla
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52
- affected unspecified – < 45.8
- affected unspecified – < 52
- affected unspecified – < 45.8
References
14
- RHSA-2017:0459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 96677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3832 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-07/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0461 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-14505 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-5401)Record last updated .